Today, I added some of my own money to the tip jar in the Subway I work at to make myself look less pathetic. FML
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Same thing different taste
Today, I was at my work. To urge people to be generous, I paid my friends to put 15 bucks in the tip jar while saying how great I was. He did this about ten times throughout the day. Turns out, us employees don't get to keep the tips. FML
Today, I got tipped more than I have in my bank account. It was $5. FML
Today, I decided to be a generous guy and slip a dollar from my pocket to a beggar. Turns out I'd slipped my hard-earned $100 bill instead. FML
Today, I'm so poor that I've been scrounging around my house all day trying to find quarters and dimes so that I can buy myself a cup of coffee tomorrow. FML
Today, I went to a restaurant and only brought $14 with me to eat. I ordered and ate my meal, then went to the counter to pay for it. I threw $2 into the tip jar then got my bill. My bill was $13.86. I had to reach into the tip jar and take my $2 back so I could pay for my meal. FML
Today, while working at a chain restaurant, I forgot to charge someone a few dollars for extra toppings on the side. My stingy boss took the time to take that money out of my paycheck. FML
Today, I was so broke, I couldn't come up with enough change to pay the parking meter at my job. FML
Today, I took the time to make myself look nice just so that the pizza guy would think I had a life. FML
Today, I won $50 on the lottery. On the subway home, I checked my pocket to see if the money was still there. A very professional man in a suit yelled, "Hey, that's mine!" I got several dirty glares. I'm such a pathetic wimp that I gave him the money. FML
Broke
Today, my card got declined at Subway, so I walked to the nearest cashpoint thirty minutes away to frantically figure out how much cash I had in my card. As I went to pull my card out of my purse, it slipped from my grip and fell into the sewer. The guy behind me snorted with laughter. FML
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xshyguyx 0
trust me, it didn't work
epoh_fml 0
Your reasoning behind doing it is pretty sad. But putting a dollar or two in before you start your shift usually helps people tip a little bit more on a slow night (which is why I did it when working at certain establishments).
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peach_blossom 0
Wow, be grateful you get tips! I don't know anyone who would tip someone at Subway. There are plenty of jobs far worse than yours where a tip would never be given so quit whining.
Cristaderzi 0
xXSmilezXX 7
I went to subway today and dontated 2cents hahaha
BloodFaerie 21
I used to work at a Subway. We didn't have a tip jar... what Subways have tip jars?? I've never seen ANY Subway or ANY fast food place with a tip jar!! Is this a yankee thing???
louloubean89 0
Nope, it's not a Yankee thing. I live in Alabama, and we have them here.
JamesGray 0
The location on the FML clearly says the OP is from Saskatchewan, Canada. Are we Canadians yankees now? Did I miss the memo?
louloubean89 0
I feel your pain. I worked at Subway and we did that, too.
SheWolf 0
At our subway, the tip jar used to never had more than 3-4 dollars in it. People seldom tip fast food anyway, and splitting 3-4 dollars between 5-6 employees never amounted to much. However, now we always keep five ones in the tip jar to make it look full. People see the money, thus they think about tipping, and more people actually do it. As a result, everyone always clocks out of their shift with at least a three dollar tip in their pocket. Still a small tip? yes. but we are working fast food. and the point is, stuffing the tip jar helped. so good for you.
davidhasmorefun 0
@chiefsuggs. your an idiot. it's not that hard to make sandwiches and surprise surprise. they applied for that job. i worked harder in the military than any little subway person. try 12 hour shifts six months straight in the desert. where the hell is my tip jar at?
ChiefNuggz 0
I believe the word you were looking for is "You're". Learn to spell before you call someone an idiot. Again, like the rest of the people bashing ME (and not the OP), my point was not that the job is hard. My point is that the customers are the worst in the business, and for putting up with them, those employees deserve a tip jar.
davidhasmorefun 0
@chiefnuggz not chiefsuggs.
indyme 0
OMG!!! Nobody likes their job! ButtNuggetz or whatever the hell your name is, as someone who has worked in several fast food establishments, various sandwich shops, as a bartender, and as a server, making a damn sammich is easy peasy! Serving was by far the hardest service job I'd ever had! BUT I MADE BUKU BUCKS!!! Those eccentric people were RARE! And I'm sorry for you if you are so developmentally delayed that it takes you more than a split second to chop a jalapeno in half with a knife. I personally used to line up the jalapeno chips in a row and do one quick chop down the middle! Would I work there again? Hell no! I was 19 and they paid me accordingly! OP is a damn kid! He doesn't need that much money to support his WoW habit!
pokeiii 0
you know i used to work at subway and it sucked dick. go work for jimmy johns they pay better and there are five thousand things that you don't have to do like toast bread. we have 30 sec sandwiches and everything as fresh not pre packaged and pre sliced!!!!